- James Grieve apple
Infobox Cultivar | name ="Malus domestica" 'James Grieve'
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hybrid = 'Pott's Seedling' × 'Cox's Orange Pippin'
cultivar = 'James Grieve'
origin = flagicon|Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland 1890'sJames Grieve is an old variety of
apple . It gets its name from its breeder, James Grieve, who raised the apple frompollination of aPott’s Seedling with aCox's Orange Pippin apple inEdinburgh ,Scotland some time before 1893.This is a savoury, juicy apple with strong acidity at first, which then mellows as the fruit matures during September, but the flesh softens soon thereafter. When picked early, it makes a sweet and delicate stewed apple, but then can be used as a dessert apple.
James Grieve apples used to be grown all over
Europe and were delivered to the city markets via train or horse-and-cart, but because they bruised easily they had to be carefully packed in laundry-type wicker baskets filled with straw. Unfortunately, the fruit cannot sustain modern supermarket handling, and so they are now only grown in gardens and for direct sale to consumers. Nonetheless, James Grieve is a very good apple because it produces fruit every year, is somewhat disease-resistant, and a very goodpollenizer for other apples. It may drop early in warm weather. It is also a good apple for makingapple juice .
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